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Alzheimer’s Disease Facts and Figures

SKoenemann.com Posted on 03/23/2014 by Steve K03/23/2014

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waeuks1-3Z4 Prevalence An estimated 5.2 million Americans have Alzheimer’s disease in 2014, including approximately 200,000 individuals younger than age 65 who have younger-onset Alzheimer’s. Almost two-thirds of American seniors living with Alzheimer’s are women. Of the 5 million people age 65 … Continue reading →

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Alzheimer’s and Dementia Basics

SKoenemann.com Posted on 10/01/2013 by Steve K10/01/2013

Alzheimer’s and dementia basics Alzheimer’s is the most common form of dementia, a general term for memory loss and other intellectual abilities serious enough to interfere with daily life. Alzheimer’s disease accounts for 50 to 80 percent of dementia cases. … Continue reading →

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Iridium Flares!

SKoenemann.com Posted on 07/07/2013 by Steve K07/07/2013

For the last 10 years or so, it has become my daily habit to spend 15-20 minutes in my hot tub right before I go to bed at night. This time is spent relaxing/unwinding as well as thinking about the … Continue reading →

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Comet of the Century?

SKoenemann.com Posted on 04/24/2013 by Steve K04/24/2013

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope recently made some truly amazing photographs of Comet ISON, which is still about 386 million miles from the sun and about 394 million miles from Earth.  It is projected to make its closest pass to the … Continue reading →

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Your Brain by the Numbers

SKoenemann.com Posted on 11/17/2012 by Steve K11/17/2012

Check out the infographic from Scientific American containing some fascinating statistics concerning the human brain at http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=mind-in-pictures-your-brain-by-the-numbers To me, perhaps the most interesting of these statistics is the number of calculations per second that the “average” brain is capable of … Continue reading →

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What Lives in Your Belly Button?

SKoenemann.com Posted on 11/14/2012 by admin11/14/2012

A recent study by a North Carolina State University team has revealed a veritable “rain forest” of species found in the 60 or so navels that where sampled.  Given that the belly button is one of the body’s least frequently … Continue reading →

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